..The aim of our study was to evaluate the immunological benefit of Se administration in unselected AIT patients and thus address the question whether Se administration should generally be recommended for AIT patients...

T lymphocyte cytokine production patterns in hashimoto patients with elevated calcitonin levels and their relationship to tumor initiation

..The lack of increased Th1 cytokine production accompanied by an increased Th2 cytokine production seems to be a special feature of HT patients with elevated CT levels that may reflect a pathogenetic mechanism for tumor initiation...

Relation of anti-TPO autoantibody titre and T-lymphocyte cytokine production patterns in Hashimoto's thyroiditis

..To our knowledge this is the first study systematically evaluating the correlation of possible parameters of disease activity such as changes in CD4 and CD8 T-cell cytokine production and of TPOAb titre...

FDG PET is superior to CT in the prediction of viable tumour in post-chemotherapy seminoma residuals